From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Oct 29 2003 - 15:26:08 GMT
Hi Andy,
> If quality and aesthetic value is only being offerred to us through
> Starbucks and other large corporations attempting to "make inroads into
> the collective American psyche" we are in a sorry state for sure. There
> is little quality in Starbucks. It is only follow the latest trend
> consumerism dominating American culture. WHat about the shoemaker story
> (that you submitted to the forum a while back)? That was a good example
> of aesthetic value that you won't find at starbucks or another major
> corporation selling trends and instead of quality products.
Do I detect an anti-corporation, anti-capitalist, anti-free market bias
in your remarks?
Platt
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